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News Wales - Knighton,UK
27 November 2006
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Appeal on 1987 detective murde
BBC Crimewatch appeal will be made tonight by the mother of a private investigator found axed to death in the car park of a south London pub in 1987 for a missing woman witness to come forward.
The murder of Daniel Morgan, who was brought up in Usk in Gwent, is now the subject of a fifth investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
"It is really important that we speak to this woman again as new
information that has come to light is relevant to the information she gave us in 1987, " said Detective Chief Superintendent David Cook.
The missing woman witness made contact with police after a BBC Crimewatch appeal in 1987. Giving only her first name, she met a female police officer at East Croydon railway station in June of that year and gave police information about criminal activities which may have been behind the murder.
The woman was white and wore a white jacket to the meeting.
“I can quite understand that she would have been frightened” says Daniel’s mother, Isobel Hulsmann, “But I can give her my personal assurance of the integrity of squad now investigating my son’s murder."
At an inquest in 1988 it was alleged that police officers were
involved in the murder. Daniel’s family believe he was murdered because he was about to expose serious police corruption.
During the course of the latest investigation, a number of witnesses have come forward and are under police protection. Police are also examining DNA found on Daniel’s clothing.
In the weeks before his murder, Daniel had repeatedly expressed concerns about corrupt police officers in south London.
In February 2004, former cabinet minister Chris Smith, Lib Dem MP Roger Williams and Lord Livesey of Talgarth wrote to Home Secretary David Blunkett calling for a public inquiry into the murder and for a private meeting to explain their grave concerns over the way senior officers in two police forces have handled the case.
No meeting was granted and in June 2004 policing minister Hazel Blears refused the call for a public inquiry. However in October 2004, a meeting was arranged but Hazel Blears turned a deaf ear to the concerns of the family and their MPs. Two months later she again refused an inquiry.
Daniel's brother Alastair says: "For us, all of the constitutional safeguards have collapsed like dominoes. The first inquiry misled the Coroner 's court. The outside inquiry secretly changed its remit and misled the Police Complaints Authority.
"The third inquiry was conducted behind our backs and the fourth was doomed from the start. Government ministers have also been grossly misled. I believe that the future probity of the Met rests on a public inquiry into my brother ' s murder.
"Dan was my younger brother by eleven months. We were born in Singapore where our parents met after the war. Dan was born with a club foot, which meant that he needed surgery as a child, and we had to return to the UK where our younger sister Jane was born.
"In all, Dan needed nine operations on his legs as a child, but this never prevented him enjoying life. He even played scrum half in our school rugby team in Wales.
"Although bright, academic life bored Dan. He was more practically inclined and loved working with wood and metal. He built his own kayak at the age of 16 and used it on the river Usk in Gwent. After school he attended agricultural college in the town of Usk and I can still remember seeing him representing the college on a TV quiz as a teenager.
"After leaving college, he travelled to Denmark to get some practical experience in farming. He quickly learned Danish and after a couple of years moved on to become a sales rep for a British company in Scandinavia. Dan was a gregarious guy and when he returned to the UK he took a job as a travel guide for foreign tourists travelling around Britain.
"In his late twenties he married Iris, a Scottish girl from Perth and they set up home in Norwood south London. Quite soon they had two young children, Sarah and Daniel. It was here that he first began work in the field of private investigations. He had a phenomenal memory for small details and could remember things like car registrations for years.
"After several years he started his own business, initially working from home. He still maintained his passion for working with his hands and bought an old Austin Healy 3000 sports car, which he spent several years restoring. Over the next few years he bought several classic cars and repaired and rebuilt them. Along with watching rugby this was his hobby and relaxation.
"Although we went our separate ways as adults, we always remained close. The fact that we had shared a room for 15 years, played and fought together, had created a strong bond between us. I always knew that in a difficult situation, he would be the man I could turn to for help.
"When he was murdered, and after visiting the incident room in Sydenham the following day, I knew intuitively that something was going very badly wrong. I knew that we would have to deal with it. I also know that if I had been murdered my brother would have done exactly the same for me."
If you are the woman police are trying to trace, contact the
investigation team in confidence through Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 and ask to be put in contact with the detectives dealing with the Daniel Morgan murder case.
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